The 2023-24 Freedom to Dance Season will be starting this Thursday, September 14. We will be meeting in the Worship Center (double doors just beyond the Lighthouse Cafe) at Lighthouse Christian Church in Rosemount from 7-8:30pm. All ages will be meeting together at the same time.
Returning and new dancers are welcome!
WHO MAY ATTEND?
Anyone who wishes to dance for the Lord Jesus. No previous dance experience necessary.
Boys and girls from 4 years old on up! Men and Women!
All Christian church denominations are welcome to join! This is a multi-church ministry.
FREE ministry
TIME: 7-8:30pm
Registration: Registration forms and the information sheet may be found at https://freedomtodance.org/registration (click on link). Both registration for new dancers and a “No Change Statement” for returning dancers may be printed out at home and brought in on the first day of class. We will also have forms available at the check in table.
Our second Summer Pool Party and Potluck is this Saturday, August 12. Freedom To Dance former and current families are invited to come from 3-7 pm to Jim and Willie Love-Winter’s house (6136 Kalen Ct, Woodbury, Minnesota 55129) which will include, of course, dancing for Jesus. The potblessing will start around 5pm. A big thank you to the Love-Winters for hosting these get-togethers! Cheryl and Brian will miss seeing you all, since we will be driving our son to grad school in Texas and he needs to be there by the morning of the 14th.
Please bring a dish to share and please RSVP to let us know if you are coming on Saturday, 8/12!!
Dates: Saturday, August 12
Time: 3-7 pm
Who: Current and Former Dancers and Their Families
We have been invited to minister at the Jesus Clinic Crusade for four consecutive Sundays at Christ Apostolic Church in New Brighton. The crusade includes participants from Nigeria and Pakistan via Zoom. Currently we have committed to just September 17th, however as the LORD leads we may add other dates. The services are at 2pm, so we would practice an hour beforehand, on August 27th, September 3rd, September 10th and September 17th. Please let us know which dates you are available to join us. Thanks so much!
Our second Summer Pool Party and Potluck has been changed to a date that will work for more people: Saturday, August 12. Freedom To Dance former and current families are invited to come from 3-7 pm to Jim and Willie Love-Winter’s house (6136 Kalen Ct, Woodbury, Minnesota 55129) which will include, of course, dancing for Jesus. The potblessing will start around 5pm. A big thank you to the Love-Winters for hosting these get-togethers! Please bring a dish to share and please RSVP to let us know if you are coming on Saturday, 8/12!!
Dates: Saturday, August 12
Time: 3-7 pm
Who: Current and Former Dancers and Their Families
Thank you for setting aside Friday, August 4, to minister at Three Deep Leadership Academy. The leader had to make the difficult decision to cancel the summer academy within the first two weeks of the school due to unforeseen circumstances. The Lord willing, we will partner at another time in sharing the joy of praising Jesus with dance/movement!
Pool Party and Potluck has been postponed due to weather until Monday, June 26. Freedom To Dance former and current families are invited to come from 4:30-8:30pm, although people may arrive at 3:30pm if available, at Jim and Willie Love-Winter’s house (6136 Kalen Ct, Woodbury, Minnesota 55129) which will include, of course, dancing for Jesus. Jim will be firing up the grill for hot dogs and the potblessing will start around 5pm. A big thank you to the Love-Winters for hosting these get togethers! Please bring a dish to share and please RSVP to let us know if you are coming on Monday, 6/26!!
Dates: Monday, June 26
Time: 4:30-8:30 pm, however people may arrive at 3:30pm if available
Who: Current and Former Dancers and Their Families
We have been invited to minister at Three Deep Leadership Academy this summer on Friday, August 4, from 10-11 am. Please put this date and time on your calendar! We will share about how Freedom To Dance leads others to Jesus through movement and then teach a song for everyone to join in praising the LORD with dance! The academy is for 1st-7th graders and emphasizes a multi-generational approach to teaching, so it would be a blessing to come as a multi-generational group to lead them in lifting up the name of Jesus! Let us know if you are able to join us that Friday morning!!
We will let you know which song and what garments to wear at a later time. We might rehearse the song at the pool party on July 15th if everyone who is able to come on August 4th can be there as well, otherwise we will set up a separate day and time to rehearse the song we will be teaching.
Freedom To Dance former and current families are invited to pool parties and potlucks from 3-7pm at Jim and Willie Love-Winter’s house (6136 Kalen Ct, Woodbury, Minnesota 55129) which will include, of course, dancing for Jesus. Jim will be firing up the grill for hot dogs and the potblessing will start around 5pm. A big thank you to the Love-Winters for hosting these get togethers! Please bring a dish to share and please RSVP to let us know if you are coming this Sunday and/or on Saturday, July 15th!!
Dates: Sunday, June 25 and Saturday, July 15
Time: 3-7 pm
Who: Current and Former Dancers and Their Families
We have been invited to minister at Three Deep Leadership Academy this summer on Friday, August 4, from 10-11 am. Please put this date and time on your calendar! We will share about how Freedom To Dance leads others to Jesus through movement and then teach a song for everyone to join in praising the LORD with dance! The academy is for 1st-7th graders and emphasizes a multi-generational approach to teaching, so it would be a blessing to come as a multi-generational group to lead them in lifting up the name of Jesus! Let us know if you are able to join us that Friday morning!!
We will let you know which song and what garments to wear at a later time. We might rehearse the song at the pool party on July 15th if everyone who is able to come on August 4th can be there as well, otherwise we will set up a separate day and time to rehearse the song we will be teaching.
Freedom To Dance former and current families are invited to pool parties and potlucks from 3-7pm at Jim and Willie Love-Winter’s house (6136 Kalen Ct, Woodbury, Minnesota 55129) which will include, of course, dancing for Jesus. Jim will be firing up the grill for hot dogs and the potblessing will start around 5pm. A big thank you to the Love-Winters for hosting these get togethers! Please bring a dish to share and please RSVP to let us know if you are coming!!
Dates: Sunday, June 25 and Saturday, July 15
Time: 3-7 pm
Who: Current and Former Dancers and Their Families
We have been invited to minister at Three Deep Leadership Academy this summer on Friday, August 4, from 10-11 am. Please put this date and time on your calendar! We will share about how Freedom To Dance leads others to Jesus through movement and then teach a song for everyone to join in praising the LORD with dance! The academy is for 1st-7th graders and emphasizes a multi-generational approach to teaching, so it would be a blessing to come as a multi-generational group to lead them in lifting up the name of Jesus! Let us know if you are able to join us that Friday morning!!
We will let you know which song and what garments to wear at a later time. We might rehearse the song at the pool party on July 15th if everyone who is able to come on August 4th can be there as well, otherwise we will set up a separate day and time to rehearse the song we will be teaching.
Be cheerful with joyous celebration in every season of life. Let your joy overflow! And let gentleness be seen in every relationship, for our Lord is ever near. Philippians 4:4-5
Join us in celebrating all the LORD has done during the 2022-2023 Season next week on Thursday, May 25th, at a potluck picnic at Centennial Lakes Park in Edina from 6:30-8:30pm! There are some benches and tables to the right of Hughes Pavilion which we will use for the potluck. Please bring a dish to share. Freedom To Dance will supply all dishes and water bottles. Dancers and their families are invited to come!
After eating and having fellowship together we will praise the LORD with movement and pray, wherever Holy Spirit leads us in the park!
Celebrate Jesus on 5/27 at 10 am
The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he! Psalm 99:1-3
Celebrate Jesus is a procession of praise through the streets of the city, celebrating the Lordship of Jesus Christ and culminating in a grand worship event in which Christians publicly proclaim the Glory, the Majesty and the Supremacy of the Savior. It’s all about Jesus … and nothing else. We will not be displaying individual church signs or different ministry t-shirts that day. Signs and t-shirts celebrating Jesus are welcome, as well as flags and other worship tools. Invite others to join you!
What better time of the year for the Church to declare its oneness? Pentecost Weekend.
Pentecost marks the birth of the Church and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to all nations. (Acts 2:1-4) Let’s celebrate our Savior throughout the Twin Cities, this year on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Tonight, Thursday, May 18th will be the last class for the season at Lighthouse. Join us in celebrating all the LORD has done during the 2022-2023 Season next week on Thursday, May 25th, at a potluck picnic in a park (location to be determined by those at class tonight)! We will praise the LORD with movement as well as fellowship together starting probably at 6 or 6:30 pm. Freedom To Dance will supply all dishes and water bottles.
Celebrate Jesus on 5/27 at 10 am
The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he! Psalm 99:1-3
Celebrate Jesus is a procession of praise through the streets of the city, celebrating the Lordship of Jesus Christ and culminating in a grand worship event in which Christians publicly proclaim the Glory, the Majesty and the Supremacy of the Savior. It’s all about Jesus … and nothing else.
What better time of the year for the Church to declare its oneness? Pentecost Weekend.
Pentecost marks the birth of the Church and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to all nations. (Acts 2:1-4) Let’s celebrate our Savior throughout the Twin Cities in locations to be announced, this year on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Put the date on your calendar!
Powerful and Anointed Worship at National Day of Prayer Events!
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. Psalm 34:17
We are so thankful for everyone who came to the National Day of Prayer and to God for his faithfulness and showing His sign of two Eagles soaring above us as we worshiped. It was phenomenal because we serve a Great and Mighty God who is worthy of our praise! Thank you also for your prayer covering for those who ministered at the Alleluia Sanctuary Church during that evening. We were told the dance was powerful and anointed. Glory to King Jesus!
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. Psalm 34:17
Come praise the LORD and intercede for America on the National Day of Prayer (NDP) on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 5 pm in Brooklyn Park. Freedom To Dance has been invited to minister one song during this event. The Prayer Service will be around 3 hours long, however dancers are able to leave if they need to do so after we have danced.
WHAT TO WEAR: Please wear WHITE/WHITE for the gals and WHITE/BLACK for the guys. We will provide skirts or overlays for females, as well as accessories for all. Females please wear modest, all white tops and pants/capris/culottes (white leggings or tights are fine for those under 12). Males please wear white tops (can be white buttoned shirt) and black bottoms. We have a few extras, but not enough for everyone. 🙂 Nude/flesh colored dance shoes or going barefoot is fine.
Pray and Read God’s Word at Capitol
Another National Day of Prayer observance on May 4, 2023 is at Leif Erikson Park at the State Capitol. This year will be pairing a heart for prayer and the Word of God in a powerful alliance with the Minnesota Bible Readathon to declare the entire Bible over our state!
It will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Leif Erickson Park (by the State Office building across the street from the Capitol in St. Paul) with heart-level worship. The program will officially start at noon as our NDP-MN team leads us through humble prayer and repentance for ourselves, our state, and our nation. Our observance will conclude approximately 1:15 p.m.
MINNESOTA BIBLE READATHON For six years now, the entire Bible has been declared over our state in one day! Please join us before or after the NDP program (10-11 a.m. or 1:30-3:30 p.m.) for the Minnesota Bible Readathon. We have divided the Bible into 200 readings, each 35-45 minutes in length. On May 4th, we will have two simultaneous Readathon circles — one encircling our Capitol as people decree the Word in person and the other encircling our state as people who cannot come to the Capitol are invited to declare the Word from wherever they are.
Use the SignUpGenius link below, please choose a Scripture passage, provide your email, and tell us your county in the comments section.
AROUND THE STATE: If you are not able to be at the State Capitol on May 4th but would like to declare the Word from your home or wherever you are, we invite you to use this SignUpGenius link: https://www.signupgenius.com/…/10c0945afad2da5facf8… so that we can see that the readings are being covered.
No Class on Thursday May 4
Due to ministering in Brooklyn Park on Thursday, 5/4, Freedom To Dance will not be having class at Lighthouse Church in the evening.
Celebrate Jesus on 5/27 at 10 am
The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he! Psalm 99:1-3
Celebrate Jesus is a procession of praise through the streets of the city, celebrating the Lordship of Jesus Christ and culminating in a grand worship event in which Christians publicly proclaim the Glory, the Majesty and the Supremacy of the Savior. It’s all about Jesus … and nothing else.
What better time of the year for the Church to declare its oneness? Pentecost Weekend.
Pentecost marks the birth of the Church and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to all nations. (Acts 2:1-4) Let’s celebrate our Savior throughout the Twin Cities in locations to be announced, this year on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Put the date on your calendar!
Holy Spirit’s Presence and the LORD’s Healing and Deliverance in Anoka!
Heal me, oh LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. Jeremiah 17:14
Thanks for your prayers! We sensed your prayer covering as well as Holy Spirit’s presence as we worshiped King Jesus with “Revelation Song” and “Greater Still.” The second song was a perfect lead in to testimonies about how the LORD had set people free, brought deliverance, and were healed the previous night all because His great Grace and Love!
Heal me, oh LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. Jeremiah 17:14
Worshippers are welcome to come and minister at the Healing & Deliverance Meetings starting at 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday, April 29th and 30th, at Light in Anoka Church. Those who come may minister through Holy Spirit led dance expressions during the worship music portions of the meeting. On Sunday, Freedom To Dance, will be ministering one or two special dance numbers during the meeting.
LOCATION: Light in Anoka, 1033 Jefferson St., Anoka, MN 55303
DATE: Saturday and Sunday, April 29 & 30, 2023
PRACTICE TIME: 5:15pm
POSSIBLESONGS: teaching videos will be sent via email or Messenger
WHAT TO WEAR: Please wear WHITE/BLACK for the gals and WHITE/BLACK for the guys. We will provide skirts or overlays for females, as well as accessories for all. For females, please wear modest, all white tops (sparkles are fine but no colored designs please) and black pants/capris/culottes (black leggings or tights are fine for those under 12) . Males please wear white tops (white buttoned shirt preferred) and black bottoms. We have a few extras, but not enough for everyone. 🙂 Nude/flesh colored dance shoes or going barefoot is fine.
Praise and Pray on NDP May 4
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. Psalm 34:17
Come praise the LORD and intercede for America on the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 5 pm in Brooklyn Park. Freedom To Dance has been invited to minister one song during this event. The Prayer Service will be around 3 hours long, however dancers are able to leave if they need to do so after we have danced.
WHAT TO WEAR: Please wear WHITE/WHITE for the gals and WHITE/BLACK for the guys. We will provide skirts or overlays for females, as well as accessories for all. Females please wear modest, all white tops and pants/capris/culottes (white leggings or tights are fine for those under 12). Males please wear white tops (can be white buttoned shirt) and black bottoms. We have a few extras, but not enough for everyone. 🙂 Nude/flesh colored dance shoes or going barefoot is fine.
Pray and Read God’s Word at Capitol
Another National Day of Prayer observance on May 4, 2023 is at Leif Erikson Park at the State Capitol. This year will be pairing a heart for prayer and the Word of God in a powerful alliance with the Minnesota Bible Readathon to declare the entire Bible over our state!
Our Minnesota observance will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Leif Erickson Park (by the State Office building across the street from the Capitol in St. Paul) with heart-level worship. The program will officially start at noon as our NDP-MN team leads us through humble prayer and repentance for ourselves, our state, and our nation. Our observance will conclude approximately 1:15 p.m.
MINNESOTA BIBLE READATHON For six years now, the entire Bible has been declared over our state in one day! Please join us before or after the NDP program (10-11 a.m. or 1:30-3:30 p.m.) for the Minnesota Bible Readathon. We have divided the Bible into 200 readings, each 35-45 minutes in length. On May 4th, we will have two simultaneous Readathon circles — one encircling our Capitol as people decree the Word in person and the other encircling our state as people who cannot come to the Capitol are invited to declare the Word from wherever they are.
Using the appropriate SignUpGenius link below, please choose a Scripture passage, provide your email, and tell us your county in the comments section.
At the Capitol: Volunteers will be stationed at a table in the Capitol Rotunda to answer questions and give Scripture assignments for those who have not preselected a reading. We want to quietly and respectfully read the entire Bible out loud at the State Capitol. For this on-site reading, use this SignUpGenius link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0945afad2da5facf8-bible#/
Around the state: If you are not able to be at the State Capitol on May 4th but would like to declare the Word from your home or wherever you are, we invite you to use this SignUpGenius link: https://www.signupgenius.com/…/10c0945afad2da5facf8… so that we can see that the readings are being covered.
No Class on Thursday May 4
Due to ministering in Brooklyn Park on Thursday, 5/4, Freedom To Dance will not be having class at Lighthouse Church in the evening.
Celebrate Jesus on 5/27 at 10 am
The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he! Psalm 99:1-3
Celebrate Jesus is a procession of praise through the streets of the city, celebrating the Lordship of Jesus Christ and culminating in a grand worship event in which Christians publicly proclaim the Glory, the Majesty and the Supremacy of the Savior. It’s all about Jesus … and nothing else.
What better time of the year for the Church to declare its oneness? Pentecost Weekend.
Pentecost marks the birth of the Church and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to all nations. (Acts 2:1-4) Let’s celebrate our Savior throughout the Twin Cities in locations to be announced, this year on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Put the date on your calendar!
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